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Phylogenetic analysis of the full genome of rabbit hepatitis E virus (rbHEV) and molecular biologic study on the possibility of cross species transmission of rbHEV.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2011
Geng Jiabao, Fu Hongwei, Wang Ling, Bu Qiuning, Liu Peng, Wang Maorong, Sui Yunhua, Wang Xiaojuan, Zhu Yonghong, Zhuang Hui
Abstract excerpt
Rabbit HEV strains were isolated in China from farmed rabbits, which may be a reservoir of a novel genotype of HEV. However, there is little information regarding host range and zoonotic potential of rabbit HEV. A previous study from this group identified 25 specific nucleotide positions as possibly being involved in specifying the host range of HEV and/or in determining the severity of hepatitis E disease,...
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